Home Healthcare in India – Caring for people we love
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Home Healthcare in India:
- Nascent in India
- Increasing elderly population, growing prevalence of chronic diseases/ strokes among the younger population and shifting demand trends from unorganized to organized segment is helping home healthcare.
- Improvement in the level of technology, growing awareness and the increasing shift towards professional medical/ midwives, at home chemotherapy sessions for cancer patients combined with physiotherapy sessions at home
- Delhi/NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Pune have shown a rise in demand for elderly care, physiotherapy, stroke rehabilitation, natal care and wound care at home.
- Indian home healthcare market is currently dominated by the unorganized sector
- Elderly care services constitute the largest part of the home healthcare services segment. The other segments include physiotherapy, stroke rehabilitation and wound care.
Factors that will promote Home Healthcare:
- A rise in telehealth technologies
- need for specialized care
- Staffing and profitability will become increasingly challenging for hospitals